图片新闻【35】Harry Potter casts the widest spell

By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent
(Filed: 03/11/2001)

HARRY POTTER isn't just popular, he's the most famous character in the whole of English literature by miles, according to a survey announced yesterday.

依据昨天公布的一项调查结果，哈里-波特这一艺术形象非但为公众所喜闻乐见，他也是整个英语文学世界里最出名的文学形象。

When NOP asked 1,000 people of all ages to name the first fictional character that came into their heads, 22 per cent said Harry Potter. It was a good result for the author J K Rowling, even if part of it could be ascribed to the hype for the first Harry Potter film, which receives its premiere tomorrow.

在NOP市场调查公司请求1，000名各个年龄阶段的人说出他们脑海中闪现的第一个文学形象时，百分之二十二的人回答是哈里-波特。这对塑造该形象的作家J，K，罗琳来说是个好消息，即便这一结果部分的归功于围绕明天首次公演的第一部以哈里-波特为主人公的电影所展开的宣传造势。

When the pollsters totted up the figures for other characters, the results were enough to make most writers think about finding new jobs.

调查人员同时也给出了其他一些文学形象的统计结果，它们足以促使大多数作家考虑另谋生路。

The next highest were Sherlock Holmes, Oliver Twist, James Bond and Winnie the Pooh, each recording just two per cent. Jane Eyre, Hercule Poirot, Bridget Jones, Captain Corelli and Miss Marple were next at one per cent each.

紧随其后的是歇洛克-福尔摩斯，奥立弗-特威斯特，詹姆斯-邦德和“呸呸”温尼（注1），每个形象获得两个百分点。接下来是简-爱，荷裘-波洛，布吉特-琼斯（注2），卡洛利上校（注3）和马普小姐（注4），各得一个百分点。

Some 97 per cent of those polled, on behalf of the booksellers Waterstone's, had heard of Harry Potter. A fifth of the adults polled had read a Harry Potter book, but he was more popular with women (22 per cent) than men (14 per cent).

在此次以出版商水石公司的名义进行的调查中，大约有97%的被调查者表示听说过哈里-波特这个名字。有两成的成年人读过至少一本有关哈里-波特的小说，不过他在女士中（22%）比在男士中（14%）更受欢迎。

Waterstone's described the result as "mind blowing".

水石公司称结果“令人振奋”。

注1：Winnie the Pooh is the name of a bear. Writer A.A.Milne introduced this character into a series of books, which later on became firm favorites with old and young alike and have been translated into almost every known language. it also inspired Disney to bring Pooh to a lot of animated films.

注2：Bridget Jones is the heroine of Helen Fielding’s best-seller “Bridget Jones's Diary”. It was adapted into a film in which Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant starred.

注3：Captain Corelli is a character in a movie named “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”.

注4：Miss Marple is a female character in Agatha Christie’s detective stories.